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trump is doing what he does running the hype machine, there are no details to this deal no time table no anything basically doing propaganda for N.K. the only thing he's done so far is screw the south. and the US.
- Louie

I'm really sorry you guys, but I have a hard time seeing this as a bad thing. Everything else about Trump is objectively terrible, but we just got lucky with this throw-shit-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks approach.

Consider this -- you don't actually have to give Trump credit here. South Korea recently elected Moon Jae-in for their president, a progressive (leftist) who emphatically campaigned for peace and reunification of the Koreas. He currently holds an 86% approval rating and the vast majority of South Korea's citizens are pleased with this outcome.

I'm really sorry you guys, but I have a hard time seeing this as a bad thing. Everything else about Trump is objectively terrible, but we just got lucky with this throw-shit-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks approach.

Consider this -- you don't actually have to give Trump credit here. South Korea recently elected Moon Jae-in for their president, a progressive (leftist) who emphatically campaigned for peace and reunification of the Koreas. He currently holds an 86% approval rating and the vast majority of South Korea's citizens are pleased with this outcome.

I'm cautiously optimistic, but this isn't the first time (by a long shot) that NK has lied about being willing to halt their nuclear ambitions. We are left with a vague celebration, loaded with praise for Kim, lacking in criticism for crimes against the NK people, propaganda, and concessions without clear reciprocation of any kind. He's done this on the heels of lambasting our allies, while legitimizing the NK regime as an equal as far as optics go... and that goes a long way as fodder for the glorious leader on his return to NK.

I'm not going to wail about where we're at right now, but I'm not buying the sunshine and rainbows. For Trump, this is all about optics to make him look like he's getting a win, and he's already acting like he has achieved one... but this is ALL political theater, and I guess both sides benefit there.

I'm really sorry you guys, but I have a hard time seeing this as a bad thing. Everything else about Trump is objectively terrible, but we just got lucky with this throw-shit-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks approach.

Consider this -- you don't actually have to give Trump credit here. South Korea recently elected Moon Jae-in for their president, a progressive (leftist) who emphatically campaigned for peace and reunification of the Koreas. He currently holds an 86% approval rating and the vast majority of South Korea's citizens are pleased with this outcome.

You don't have to give him credit because you can't give him credit. But his entire base will give it to him anyway.

Korea's nuclear program crumbled when they blew up their own damn test site by mistake.
Trump has taken a shit on an extremely large number of US allies in recent months - including Canada, FFS.
WHILE doing so, Trump then went on to meet with a dictator who is guilty of severe human rights violations on a massive scale and calls him an "honorable man".
Trump also used NK's own language in regard to longstanding US military exercises in the region, which he abruptly cut with no concessions and apparently without consulting ANYONE in his administration about it.
Trump has now given Kim an appearance of legitimacy to the North Korean people, despite the atrocities he continues to commit.
And of course, let's not forget the fact that the American Cheeto failed to actually detail ANYTHING that was discussed at the summit - meaning everything they talked about is, for all intents and purposes, a complete load of crap until we actually see results years from now.

I'm having a hard time seeing this as a good thing. Best case scenario right now is that it doesn't make things worse - but given that Trump just took a massive shit on Canada and other close allies while smiling and shaking hands with fucking Kim Jong-un is very much a bad thing.

Wow... that is awesome news. I also heard they're making a deal with Russia in creating some super-duper venture for real estate. El Stupido and Kim Jong-Un spent much of Singapore drinking and bullshitting each other as they made calls to Putin going "Wazzup!" and Putin will help Kim get China off of his ass. That's what I'd like to believe in what really happened.

he keeps talking about the economy it's not doing well the tax cuts put us in a huge hole the exact same leading practices that lead to the 2000 crisis are being repeated, the clowns performance @ g7 possible trade wars the over inflated market i think an October surprise is headed our way. a lot of the safeguards that were put in place are gone this is going to hurt. most corps know this if you look at what they did with the tax cuts most of it was spent on doing with out workers money was spent on consolidation, stock buy backs and automation,
-Louie

he keeps talking about the economy it's not doing well the tax cuts put us in a huge hole the exact same leading practices that lead to the 2000 crisis are being repeated, the clowns performance @ g7 possible trade wars the over inflated market i think an October surprise is headed our way. a lot of the safeguards that were put in place are gone this is going to hurt. most corps know this if you look at what they did with the tax cuts most of it was spent on doing with out workers money was spent on consolidation, stock buy backs and automation,
-Louie

I love this. It's not going to do anything to scuttle him out of office, but the more he's held accountable for his crimes and the more stressful his life gets because of it, the happier I am. He's a common criminal and he deserves to get nailed for it.

One of the only good things about Trump being so active on twitter is that I can tell him that he's a living fart and that I can't wait to see him get dragged away in handcuffs and there is a slight chance that he will read it while on the shitter at 3am.

Yes, because Jesus would have separated families and stuck the kids in a fucking Walmart for 22 hours a day. Seriously, have you seen the detention centers for the kids? They have a picture of Trump in the entrance. This doesn't even feel like the United States anymore, more like Fascist Italy meets 1984.

It's about time! Let's get this over with (before Trump destroys the country)!!!

Yes, collusion or no, let's just end the fucking insanity please. It's not a "witch hunt," he's not being persecuted... but I can barely pay attention to political discourse anymore because it's like holding your ear to a beehive.

i don't get why he's never called out he lies for no reason like why lie about getting the soldier's bodies from Korea? when he stated he had parent's request of him on the campaign trail 1) he never mentioned Korea during the campaign. 2) simple math would make them at least 100 years old. is his narcissism so bad he has to lie to promote his on mythical view of himself? because he can. i think it's the later here is a def sounds like T to a T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcis...ality_disorder also explains he's lack of empathy i really think someones need to straight up ask him why our you lying? and soon!
-Louie